Railway-ticket.



PATENTED NOV. l5, 1904.

R. E. LEE.

RAILWAY TICKET.

APPLICATION FILED 1113.9, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

Patented November l5, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT E. LEE, OE PALESTINE, TEXAS.

RAILWAY-TICKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 775,042, dated November15, 1904. Application led February 9, 1903. Serial No. 142,625. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT E. LEE, a citizen of the United States,residing' in Palestine, in the county of Anderson and State of Texas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Tickets, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecilication.

The object of my invention is to produce a railway or othertransportation ticket wherein the liability of said ticket beingillegitimately used or negotiated is reduced to a minimum.

The invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a view of the face or front of the ticket, said view beingshown in two sections. Fig. II is a view of the back or reverse side ofthe ticket, portions of the ticket in this view being broken away.

My improved ticket consists of an elongated strip of paper or cardboardhaving the proper reading matter and marks printed or otherwise placedupon its front and rear faces.

A short distance from the edge of the top of the ticket is a transverserow of perforations 1, and upon the section 2 above this row ofperforations -is printed or otherwise stamped the name of thedestination-point for which the ticket is made out. A suitable distancebelow the row of perforations 1 is a second transverse row ofperforations 3, and at the top of the section 4, between the rows ofperforationsl and'3, appear the words Original contract and the name ofthe railway or transportation line issuing the ticket. Immediately belowthis name and in the center-.of the space 4 is printed the contract 5between the railway issuing the ticket and the purchaser, andimmediately beneath this contract are spaces 6 and 7 for the signaturesof the purchaser and the railway agent issuing said ticket, also spaces8 and 9 for the date'of the sale of the ticket and the date of the limitof said ticket. Below the contract 5 and to one side of the spaces 6 and7 appear the words Description of passenger, and adjacent thereto aresuitable marks or spaces 10, which are to be punched out or otherwisemarked by the selling agent so as to correspond with the personalappearance of the purchaser of the ticket to identify him. Some distancebelow the line of perforations 3 is a transverse row of perforations 11,and upon the center of the space 12 between the rows of perforations 3and 11 is printed the duplicate contract 13, which is, as the titleindicates, a duplicate of the contract 5, with the omission of thesignatures of the purchaser and railway agent. Upon the left-hand sideof the space 12 is a series of spaces 14, at the top of which seriesappear the words Going limit, and which spaces are to be punched orotherwise suitably marked to specify the limit of time in which theticket is to be used for passage to the destination. On the right-handside of the space 12 is a series of spaces 15, at the head of whichappear the words Final limit, these spaces being punched out orotherwise suitably marked to indicate the limit of timein which theticket may be used on the return trip or from the destination to thepoint where the ticket was originally sold. A short distance below therow of perforations 11 is a transverse row of perforations 16, and thesection 17, between the rows of perforations 11 and 16, is suitablyprinted and is to be torn oiby the conductor of the first division onthe returntrip, and there may be as many of these sections 17 as thereare divisions on the return trip. The row of perforations 18 a shortdistance from the row 16 forms a section 19, on which is printed certaininstructions to the purchaser of the ticket. A row of perforations 20 ashort distance from the row 18 formsv a section 21, on the left-handportion of which appear the words Description of passenger, with aseries of marks or spaces 22, corresponding to the spaces 10, previouslydescribed, and which are Yto be punched or otherwise marked tocorrespond witli the appearance of the purchaser of the ticket. Theright-hand portion of the space 21 contains -anacknowledgment of thecorrectness of the description of a passenger, together with spaces forthe signatures of the purchaser and the selling agent and the date theticket was sold.

The balance of the ticket below the row of IOOperforations20consistsofapluralityofticketl by the last conductor on thegoing trip.

sections 23, separated by lines of perforations 24C, there being as manyof' these sections 23 as there are divisions 'from the point where theticket was sold to the destination.

Upon the rear or reverse side of the ticket, immediately above the rowof perfor-ations 11, is a space 25, in which is printed certaininstructions headed Notice to conductors. Immediately above theseinstructions and on the righ t-hand side of the ticket are the wordsDescription of passenger, with a series of' spaces 26, corresponding tothe spaces 10 and 22, previously mentioned. Immediately above thesespaces 26 is a rectangular space 27, which is to receive the stamp ofthe agent at the destination. Above this space 27 is a space 28,containing instructions to the purchaser ofthe ticket, immediately belowwhich are spaces 29 and 30, which are for the signatures ot' thepurchaser and destination agent. To the left of the spaces justdescribed is a series of marks or spaces 31, headed by the words Date ofidentification, which spaces are to be punched out or otherwise markedwith the date on which the purchaser of the ticket is identified by theagent at the destination. Immediately above the space 28 is aspace 32,which is for the purpose of' receiving the stamp of the agent issuingand selling the ticket.

All of the reading matter, marks, and spaces upon the rear side of theticket occupy the space corresponding to the space occupied by theduplicate contract on the front or face of the ticket.

When a ticket of my improved form is sold, the agent making the saledetaches the section 2 at the row of perforations l and files the samein his office. rIlhe spaces 10 and 22 are now punched out or otherwisemarked to correspond with the appearance of' the purchaser of theticket, after which the purchaser and selling agent sign the ticket inthe proper spaces 6 7 and upon the section 21, and the date of' the saleis indicated in the space 8, while the limit of time in which saidticket is to be used is indicated in the space 9. The going limit andfinal limit for the use ot' the ticket are punched out or Otherwisemarked in the spaces 14 and 15, and the issuing agents stamp is placedin the space 32 on the reverse side of' the ticket. The upper section 4of the ticket is now detached from the portion 12 at the row of'perforations 3, and said section 4 is forwarded to the proper agent atthe destination-point. rIhe balance of the ticket is delivered to thepurchaser, and when said ticket is presented on the going' trip thevarious conductors or ticket-takers remove the proper sections 23 afternoting that the description of the passenger, as indicated in the spaces22, corresponds with the person presenting the ticket. The section ofthe ticket between the rows of perforations 18 and 2O is removed Duringthe period of time that the purchaser of the ticket is at thedestination said purchaser retains the portions 12, 17, and 19 of theticket. Before the ticket can be made use of' for the return trip thepurchaser takes' the ticket to the destination agent who has previouslyreceived the section 4l of the ticket from the selling agent, whichsection contains the original contract and the description of thepurchaser of the ticket` and the destination agent punches out orotherwise marks the proper spaces 26 to correspond with the personpresenting the ticket and with the description of' the passenger, asindicated in the spaces 10. The date that this identification is made isalso punched or indicated in the proper spaces in the series of spaces21, and the holder of the ticket and the agent sign said ticket in thespaces 29 and 30. rThe destination agent stamps the ticket in the space27, after which said ticket is delivered to the purchaser to be used inthe return trip. The various conductors on theireturn trip remove thevarious sections 17, (the section 19 being `removed with the first orlowest one of the section 17,) the final conductor taking up the section12, containing the duplicate contract. rIhus it will be seen that by theuse of a ticket of my improved form the liability of its beingillegitimately used is reduced to a minimum, inasmuch as the partypresenting the ticket to the conductors both going and com-v ing and thedestination agent must correspond with the description of the buyer ofthe ticket, as indicated by the selling agent.

With my improved ticket the purchaser is never required to part with anyportion of his purchase--that is, he retains both the going and thereturn part of the ticket-while at the same time the destination agentis provided with means for identifying the original purchaser, so thatno person other than the original purchaser c'an have the return portionof the ticket stamped or validated by the destination agent.

I claim as my invention- 1. A railwayeticket comprising going-couponsand the following. portions arranged end to end and in the followingorder: first a contract-coupon containing appropriately-designatedspaces for the signature ot' the passenger, for the signature of' theselling agent, for the destination of the passenger and for the timelimit; second, a contract portion containing on one side a duplicatecontract and an appropriately-designated final-limit space to be punchedto denote the final limit, and on the other side anappropriately-designated space for the date of' identification, to bepunched to denote the date of identification, andappropriately-designated spaces for the signature ot' the passenger, forthe signature of an agent, and for the stamp of the destination agent;and third, the return-coupons.

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2. A railway-ticket having a ooupon-oonnated space for marks ofthedestination agent :o tract portion containing an appropriately-destoidentify the description filled in by him on ignated space for adescription ofthe passenthe duplicate-contract portion, substantiallyger; a duplicate-contract portion containing as set forth.

an appropriately-designated space for a deseription of the passenger;and going7 and ROBERT E' LEE' the return coupons attached to the dupli-In presence ofcate-contract portion, said duplicate-contract AL. F.MUSICK,

portion containing an appropriately -desig- F. D. DAGGETT.

